The Investor Insights

CNBC reporter, Diana Olick just released her real estate predictions for 2010. Highlights: More foreclosures Possible recovery in 2010 back half Commercial defaults will increase (yay!) 30 year rates will increase Commercial investing has been my thing for several years now. Are you coming over to commercial in 2010?

Ahhh, the life of a real estate investing trainer.  It’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Don’t get me wrong, I *love* the students that are soaking up the knowledge and out there making it happen. It’s the “wanna-be’s” and the “know it all’s” that are exhausting.

I spent the day with my Mom Tuesday. She needed to run some errands and she doesn’t drive anymore due to macular degeneration and glaucoma that’s slowly taking her sight. I have to tell you that it’s one of the benefits of being self-employed and free of time constraints that

I got an email a few weeks ago from a customer who purchased a course I recommended and she was in a frenzy.  She said that she wanted her money back because she discovered the product is a “scam.” It was a weird email to get because

Here’s a cool, free, online tool to get a sense of market rents in any area. It’s hooked into Google maps so you can also drill down to the street level and get a look at the competition. Check it out:

HUD just published their Fair Market Rents for 2010. Download it here: http://www.huduser.org/datasets/fmr.html Fair market rents are used to determine such things as HUD rental assistance amounts and thresholds for qualifying for housing assistance. If yuo’re a landlord, especially if you

Looks like the US Government is the only entity in history that can generate $4 billion in profits and still be in debt. The $4 billion came from the banks it “bailed out.” Wonder if the taxpayers will see any of that since we funded it.